Police spread dragnet for Jamaat-Shibir men
The police launched a nationwide hunt for activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir on Monday night after the Islamist party’s militants rampaged through the capital and other major cities on Sunday to... Full storyVerdict on Sayedee any day
International Crimes Tribunal 1 which completed rehearing the defence and the prosecution in the war crimes case against Delwar Hossain Sayedee on Tuesday announced that it reserved the verdict until a later time. Full storyPadma graft, BCL rowdism embarrasses govt: Inu
Information minister Hasanul Haq Inu said on Tuesday that the allegations of corruption in the Padma Bridge project and the violence and vandalism by Chhatra League on different campuses had embarrassed the government. Full storyPolice asked to treat rape complaints as FIRs
The High Court on Tuesday directed the police to ‘treat’ all complaints of rapes as first information reports. The bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury and Justice Mahmudul Haque also asked authorities to send... Full story37 Tazreen fire victims identified
Thirty-seven of the 59 unnamed among the 112 workers who died in Tazreen Fashions fire in November 2012 could be identified from DNA sampling of their relatives. The National Forensic DNA Profiling Laboratory at Dhaka... Full storyAL against allowing Jamaat to hold rally today
The ruling Awami League has expressed concern over the violence unleashed by Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir across the country, saying that Jamaat should not be allowed to hold its scheduled rally in the Baitul... Full storyPolice rebuked for failing to prevent Shibir violence
A parliamentary standing committee on Tuesday reprimanded the police for its failure to prevent Monday’s countrywide violence by Jamaat and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir. At a hearing of the committee on home... Full storyMassive reshuffle in police
The government on Tuesday reshuffled the police administration by changing 72 senior officials just a day after Jamaat-Shibir went on a rampage in the capital and other major cities. Full storyShibir calls hartal in 4 districts for today
Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir has called a half-day general strike in four districts including three of Rajshahi Division today in protest against the arrest of its social affairs secretary Mostafizur Rahman Ashu. Full storyJCD clashes with BCL in DU, JnU
India reiterates zero killing in borders
Indian home minister Shushil Kumar Shinde on Tuesday reiterated that New Delhi was committed to bring down the number of incidents of killing at the border to zero and assured that they would continue their efforts. Full storyAngry Sayedee curses IO, prosecution, witnesses
ACC probe team to visit Canada soon
An Anti-Corruption Commission investigation team would soon visit Canada as part of its ongoing investigation into the Padma Bridge corruption conspiracy case, said officials. Full storyEgypt military chief warns of collapse of state
